Hi all,

Purchased this car on July 7 2003, ......had it inspected by CAA before
buying

TODAY is August 27 2003 my Birthday! just six weeks since I picked up the
car from the guy in Quebec city....

While driving smoothly on the freeway the oil return line from the air/oil
cooler slipped off.........yeah i typed it right!

Aparently that line had been previously repaired with a black rubber hose
and plumbing clips......instead of the a steel-braided one just like is
installed on the air/oil cooler intake.

While moving to a safe place to park.....the engine aparently had time to
seize up!!!!!!!!!! DAMMM!


Now,.....All together..........Happy Birthday JF!

 

I had this happen on a '86 5000TQ. I even re-startd the car after it stalled
but engine oil light stayed on so I just parked it. Luckily I had a hose
clip in my tool box, and bought some oil from a store in downtown Ottawa. I
never had a seizing problem - I was back on the road in about 30 minutes.

May be the loss of oil has done some irreprable damage, don't know. Have you
fixed the hose and filled up with oil and given it a try?

Tony
Ottawa - '96 S6.


"the rogue" <therogue@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:Nm93b.7329$k5.91656@wagner.videotron.net...
> Hi all,
>
> Purchased this car on July 7 2003, ......had it inspected by CAA
before
> buying
>
> TODAY is August 27 2003 my Birthday! just six weeks since I picked up the
> car from the guy in Quebec city....
>
> While driving smoothly on the freeway the oil return line from the air/oil
> cooler slipped off.........yeah i typed it right!
>
> Aparently that line had been previously repaired with a black rubber hose
> and plumbing clips......instead of the a steel-braided one just like is
> installed on the air/oil cooler intake.
>
> While moving to a safe place to park.....the engine aparently had time to
> seize up!!!!!!!!!! DAMMM!
>
>
> Now,.....All together..........Happy Birthday JF!
>
>

 

Other than you shouldn't of kept driving with no oil pressure and possibly
the warning light was on sounds like you gonna need an engine rebuilt or
replaced.

HB


"the rogue" <therogue@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:Nm93b.7329$k5.91656@wagner.videotron.net...
> Hi all,
>
> Purchased this car on July 7 2003, ......had it inspected by CAA
before
> buying
>
> TODAY is August 27 2003 my Birthday! just six weeks since I picked up the
> car from the guy in Quebec city....
>
> While driving smoothly on the freeway the oil return line from the air/oil
> cooler slipped off.........yeah i typed it right!
>
> Aparently that line had been previously repaired with a black rubber hose
> and plumbing clips......instead of the a steel-braided one just like is
> installed on the air/oil cooler intake.
>
> While moving to a safe place to park.....the engine aparently had time to
> seize up!!!!!!!!!! DAMMM!
>
>
> Now,.....All together..........Happy Birthday JF!
>
>

 

I'm in Laval, Quebec!

How much do you think a new/used engine would ring up?

Can you have this engine rebuild or are the cylinders to thin, to take such
a job?

I'm still trying to see what my legal options are since the problem begins
with a really bad repair job that was done on the car before I bought it
seven weeks ago....It qualifies as a hidden problem that was not mentioned
by the previous owner.


"JPF" <frickjpremovetheobvious@theoffice.net> wrote in message
news:1imalv4lluojlrj6194vlnls5rv4dtnr97@4ax.com...
> Where is the carcass? I probably have some internal parts around here
> somewhere.
>
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:27:05 -0400, "the rogue"
> <therogue@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> > Purchased this............